Clear Fork's Travis Hissong is shown here during the Colts run to the state championship. This week he will sign as a free agent with the New York Yankees.

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Clear Fork High School alumnus Travis Hissong will sign a free agent contract this week with the New York Yankees.

"It's a dream come true for him," said Clear Fork baseball coach Rusty Staab, who worked with Hissong in high school but was not his coach at the time. "We always used to give him (static) about wearing a Yankees cap all the time. He loves the Yankees."

The 2010 Clear Fork graduate was en route to New York and unavailable to comment for this story. He just completed his redshirt junior season as a pitcher at Wright State. He has worked as a starter and out of the bullpen in his collegiate ...